NSK Introduces ES1 Stainless Bearing Steel

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Jul 22,2010

NSK Ltd. (Japan; Tokyo: NSK; 5251R9N7) announced it is commercializing its newest stainless steel, ES1, suited for use manufacturing bearings that will see installation in applications where corrosion resistance is paramount. The most common stainless steel used to manufacture bearings is 440C. However, 440C has a key limitation, which is that is has concentrated chromium coarse eutectic carbide inclusions. Those inclusions lead to three key areas of weakness. First, those inclusions make it virtually impossible to get the best finish on the bearing races, so 440C bearings normally run loud, rough, and can run hot. Second, under load, cracks initiating at these inclusions are what usually lead to a 440C bearing failure through flaking and spalling. And third, those inclusions make 440C less corrosion resistant because the chromium is lost in the martensitic matrix. ES1, originally discussed by NSK in 2000, is a new martensitic stainless that NSK developed with an eye toward carbide size and comparable Rc hardness to 52100 bearing steel. ES1 is essentially 440C with higher nitrogen and lower carbon and chromium. Reducing the chromium and carbon is what helps eliminate the eutectic inclusions. Alloying the nitrogen is what provides superior corrosion resistance.

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